ARTICLES
NYT Article links rise in 2-5 yr. old cavities to diet- March 6, 2012
G5 Feb. 2012 Article- Seattle's First Urban Food Forest
Artificial Sweeteners Article
Football Player Leaves NFL to become an organic farmer
Will Allen- Time's 100 Most Influential People 2010- Urban Farmer
What is Food Security?
Healthy Food Showdown- Economic posters for **G5**
Family Food Budgets by Country for **G5-**Time Magazine
Inner City "Food Deserts" Map Image for **G5**
How Stuff Works- Articles on "Food Deserts" for **G5**
Feeding America- Can find out "Food Insecurity Rates" for specific areas for **G5**
India Builds Stronger Society with School Lunch Program (April, 2012)

WEBSITES/BLOGS
Vertical Farming
Growing Power Blog (Will Allen)
NOURISH Curriculum (mainly for MS/HS, but ideas can be pulled, used with G4-5)
Education for Sustainability- Oakland CA (very interesting work on school lunches)
Edible Schoolyard Project
Gigibiting Blog especially these posts: Sugar Substitutes Aren't Sugar and The Environmental Impact of Chopsticks
High Fructose Corn Syrup IS HEALTHY website by the "Corn Refiners Association" (sweetsurprise.com)
Food Renegade
Small Footprint Family
G5- Soda Links: Sip Smart Handout, Sip Smart Website, Caffeine and Your Child,
G5- Sports Drink Links: CNN video and article, NPR- Pediatricians Warn about Sports Drinks, Energy Drinks Make you Fat
G5- Fast Food Links: Best and Worst Fast Food Meals for Kids, Effects of Fast Food on Kids, Negative Impact of Fast Food on Kids (Lance Armstrong's LiveStrong site... several articles here- see the side-bar on the right-hand side.)
G5- Processed and Packaged Food Links: Cartoon Site with Info about Processed Foods, 6 Dangers of Processed Foods, Kids Consume too much sugar, CDC Says Processed Foods Making Kids Fat 10 worst sugar cereals
G2- HKIS Cafeteria menu (hold curser over the menu item to see nutritional info)- thanks Stan!

VIDEOS
Sustainable Farming Advertisement for Chiptole Grill (Fast-ish Mexican Food Restaurant in the US)
Cooking is Cool- Video showing how to quickly peel garlic
TED Talk by Robyn O'Brien about REAL Food- 2011
TED Talk by Jamie Oliver Teach Every Child About Food-2010
TED Talk by Stephen Ritz- Growing Our Way to a New Economy- The School Farm WALL
Will Allen Ex-NFL player now Urban Farmer
NOURISH life Videos (G4+) Includes video from Michael Pollan, Alice Waters, and Jamie Oliver
The Story of Stuff (fake food and packaging)
Vertical Farming Video- Imagine the future!
Food Insecurity- Canada
High Fructose Corn Syrup IS SAFE videos by the "Corn Refiners Association" (sweetsurprise.com)
Food Carbon Food Print Information- G4: Far Foods Carbon Footprint,
What's Inside the 26-Ingredient School Lunch Burger? (April 2, 2012- NPR)

Posters/Handouts
USDA's new "Choose My Plate" Poster (no more Food Pyramid)
Getting Started with the new "Choose My Plate" initiative
Choose My Plate printable (G2)
How to find real food at the supermarket flow chart (wink)

Possible Handouts for Parents
10 Tips Nutrition series (from USDA)

Grade 5 Healthy Body Links

Slideshow- Girls changing into women (from WebMD)
A Girl's Changing Body (from WebMD)
Video about Puberty: It is normal and you can talk to adults about it
Puberty for Parents (Planned Parenthood)
Dealing with Embarrassing Body Changes- Boys (from WebMD)
Commoncents Media - Boys and Body Image- (Might be too much/too old, could be a link for parents)
Commoncents Media- Too Sexy, Too Soon- Girls Body Image (Again- might be too much/too old...)